1.0.0
NousResearch/hermes-agent1.0.0Oct 2, 2026by github-actions[bot]
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AI Summary
A major stable release (v1.0.0) introducing full WebDriver functionality, default CORS enforcement, and significant V8 updates. It marks the transition from experimental to stable features for core browser interactions.
Key Highlights
- Full WebDriver implementation (session management, element endpoints).
- Default CORS enforcement with configurable limits and `Sec-Fetch-*` headers.
- V8 updated to 15.5.35.13.
- Introduction of OpenRouter provider and `lightpanda run -` for stdin scripts.
Breaking Changes
- `getComputedStyle` results are now read-only.
- The '"en"' language fallback was removed.
- Redirects that switch to GET now drop body headers.
- Old `--experimental-features cors` flag removed.
New Features
- WebAssembly compile/instantiate streaming.
- Sanitizer API (initial).
- ServiceWorker support (experimental).
- `img` srcset support.
- Higher default/max HTTP limits.
Full Release Notes
## Behavior changes - `getComputedStyle` results are now read-only. - The `"en"` language fallback was removed. Language now comes from `--locale`. - Redirects that switch to GET now drop body headers. ## WebDriver - Classic HTTP WebDriver, built out into a usable driver - Session management; `navigate`; back/forward; `execute` - Element endpoints; input (click, clear, sendKeys); cookie and viewport endpoints - Higher default/max HTTP limits ## CORS - CORS is now enforced by default. Cross-origin fetch/XHR requests that fail a CORS check are blocked. Turn it off with `--disable-features cors`. The old `--experimental-features cors` flag is gone. - CORS store with an entry limit (`--cors-store-entry-limit`, default 1000) - Fetch referrer policy + CorsGate referrer checking - `Sec-Fetch-Site` and `Sec-Fetch-Mode` request headers - Limit redirects that carry credentials ## New Web APIs - `WebAssembly.compileStreaming` and `instantiateStreaming` - Sanitizer API (initial) - `TextEncoder.encodeInto` - `element.requestFullscreen` (mostly a stub) - `inert` property; `iframe` `sandbox` setter - `img` `srcset` support; report natural dimensions for fetched images - `new Option()` and the legacy constructor API - `DOMTokenList` setters; more accurate `window.isSecureContext` - Experimental `ServiceWorker` (behind `--experimental-features serviceworker`) with `Cache`/`CacheStorage` ## Web API behavior / fixes - `<template>` content handling - Custom element callbacks may move the element during parse - `request.clone()` clones headers; correct fetch/response handling of null bodies - XHR/fetch report the status reason from the server; `TypeError` on XHR `send(SharedArrayBuffer)` - `input.select()` no longer throws for email/number; `element.focus()` only on focusable elements - Correct error on a wrong method; guard headers - Validate the XML declaration - Avoid spurious mutations for unchanged CSS declarations ## CSS / rendering - Split the style cascade into property groups; honor `!important` on tracked stylesheet properties - Resolve width/height from stylesheet rules; give the document a height and clamp viewport scroll to it - Measure wrapped text for an element's content height - Resolve scroll containers through the style cascade; unify wheel dispatch; clamp scroll offsets and latch a wheel to one container ## CDP (Chrome DevTools Protocol) - Optimize `Network.getResponseBody` - `DOM.getFrameOwner` returns the owning `<iframe>`; nodes carry a `frameId` - Answer inspector commands on the session that sent them; echo the `sessionId` in browser-level replies - Notify target closure when disposing browser contexts; report the initial `about:blank` as loaded - `window.devicePixelRatio` from the viewport scale; char text insertion - Move a kept isolated-world context onto the navigated origin ## HTTP / Networking - Improve caching; add `x-frame-options` support - Keep connections healthy: don't re-use connections likely in a bad state - Lowercase response headers; clamp the response status range and report the server's reason phrase - Add headers to the sync-request path - Accept Netscape cookie format in `--cookie`; report invalid same-site over CDP - Generate an appropriate error on a bot challenge ## Agent / tools - Add OpenRouter provider; `lightpanda run -` reads a script from stdin - Report the HTTP status of a navigation; wait for networkidle after an action-triggered navigation - `findElement` matches names by `/regex/` - MCP carries the navigation outcome as `structuredContent` - REPL output fixes and simpler command dispatch ## CLI / ops - Report usage errors once, accept `-h`, show tips only on a terminal; scale the "did you mean" distance with input length - Respect `NO_COLOR` and disable colors when stderr is not a tty - Per-page context logs; many warn/err logs downgraded to debug - Log the stalled page and JS stack on watchdog termination - Record Linux fatal signals without blocking on stderr ## Dependencies - V8 updated to 15.5.35.13 - BoringSSL, nghttp2 1.70.0, PCRE2 10.49, refreshed public suffix list ## Performance / memory - Replace the slab allocator; set `M_MMAP_THRESHOLD` to 128K on Linux - Convert recursive walks to iterative: XPath, SemanticTree/AXNode, markdown, screenshot, dump - Share one PCRE2 wrapper across the regex paths - Faster V8 background-job scheduling and task wakeup - Track and free abandoned html5ever parsers; drop the allocation for the default sanitizer ## Stability fixes - Crash fixes: node cycles when the parser reparents moved nodes, a scrolling stack overflow, a double-free in IndexedDB, a rare import crash - Stop load events on a document superseded by navigation - V8 always detaches the global
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